Easy Recipes

Quick and Easy Pork Strips with Fresh Shitake Mushrooms

There are some days when you just don’t feel like cooking anything that involves a lot of work, yet you want something quick and easy that is delicious and fills your tummy. I found some lean pork in my freezer and a packet of fresh shiitake mushrooms so rustled this up one evening to pair [...]

Hearty Pea Potato and Ham Soup

I had some lovely pea soup at a restaurant recently and wanted to duplicate it at home. In my mind, I guessed the mechanics of making pea soup, but I’d never done it before so it would be a nice challenge to my skills I went home and checked and found a can of [...]

Hakka Char Yoke - Braised Pork and Wood Ear Fungus

Char Yoke is a Hakka dish that is commonly found at our local chap fun (economy rice) stalls. I really like it and have been wanting to try it out for myself at home. Char Yoke is essentially braised pork with wood ear fungus. The secret in the dish lies in the use of fermented [...]

Quick and Easy Steamed Chicken with Rice Wine Sauce

Here’s another quick and easy steamed chicken dish. I love steaming chicken because its healthy and easy. You just leave it in the wok/steamer and you can do up the rest of your household chores until its time to take it out and eat.

This dish was inspired by the wine chicken one sometimes [...]